Daniel biieeoays



(No Model.)

D.L BURROWS.

ATTACHMENT EUR OPERATING CISTERN VALVES AEOE WATER LOSETS. y

No. 299,341. Patented Mey?, 1884.

@.Q w MS...

Therrien drames Flament* riefen,

DANIEL BURROVVS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MOTT IRON VORKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR OPERATING ClSTERN/ALVES FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,341, dated May 27, 1884.

Application filod December 3, 1883.

.To LZZ 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BUnRows, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Attachment for Operating Cistern-Valves for 'Water-Closets,

of which the following is a specification.

The valves of watercloset cisterns .have been opened by a connection to the door of the closet, or to a platform, or to the seat.

1o These devices areliable to operate irregularly, the valve being opened to a greater extent when the door is opened wider or the platform is depressed by a heavier person. Springs also are often used, and theseare liable to lose T5 their elasticity or to break.

My invention consists in the combination, with the chain or connection passing to the cistern-valve, of a dcuble-acting latch and a` slide-connection to the door of the closet or :zo other moving device, the parts being constructed so that the latch is drawn along with and by the slide, and the closet-valve thereby opened. The latch and slide are then automatically disconnected, and the slide is free 2 5 to move back or forth with the door without acting upon the latch until the door is closed, or nearly so, which causes the slide to reengage with the sliding latch, ready for operation when the door is again opened.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the attachment with the cover-plate removed. Fig. 2 is aplan view sectionally at the line .fr and Fig. 3 is a cross-section at y y.

rlhe plate a is to be fastened to the wall or partition A of the closet, and said plate a has projecting from its surface the studs l 2 3 4.

The compound sliding latch b is provided with slots or mortises for the pins 3 and et, so that the latch can slide back and forth upon 4o the pins. At one end of the latch` bis the joint or connection c, for the end of the chain or rod c', which passes by pulleys or bell-crank levers to the lever of the cistern-valve in any usual or desired manner. At the other end of b is the latch-head d.

The slide-bar e is slotted longitudinally at t. There is a zigzag in such slot. The bar c is supported by and slides upon the pins 1 (No model.)

and 2. At one end is the latch f, engaging the latch d, and at the other end there is a joint, g, to which the link h is connected, which link is pivoted at the other end to the door K or other moving device by which the person operates the parts on entering or leaving the closet.

The cap-plate L is adapted to cover the slide and compound latch and to retain the parts in place. It is preferably slotted near one end for allowing the link h to move with the slide unobstructed, and near the other end for the joint c. The cap-plate will usually be connected to the plate a by screws or rivets, and there are screws at 6 6 to attach the plate and case to the partition or Wall.

`When the door of the closet is closed and the parts in their normal position, the latches df are engaged, as seen in Fig. l. When the door is opened, the bars b and c are drawn along endwise by the link h., and the offset or zigzag in the slot at z' causes the pin 2 to discngage the latch f from the latch d, and the slide-bar e is then free tobe moved either way as the door may be opened or closed. In the movement of the latch-bar b the chain or cord to the cistern-valve is pulled and the valve opened. As soon as thelatches df separate, the latch-bar bis drawn back by the weight of the valve or its lever, and when the door is closed the slide-bar e moves along endwise` until the latch f runs under the latch d and raises the same,\the slot in the latch-bar b being` widened at o, beneath the stud 3, so as to allow of this latch-cl lifting, after which it drops and engages the latch f, ready for the neXt operation when the door is opened.

I claim as my invention#- 1. The latch-bar b, with the latch d at one and the studs l and 2 on the plate a, andthe Signed by me this 19th day of ove1nber, cover or case L, substantially as set forth. A. D. 1883.

3. The latch-bar b, slotted and having the end of the slot widened at o, in combination DANIEL BURROWS. 5 with the plate a, studs 3 and 4, the slide-bar l e, with the latch f, the zigzag or offset at the Witnesses: slot in said bar e, and the studs l and 2, sub- GEO. T. PINCKNEY, stantially as set forth. WILLIAM G. MOTT. 

